silver fir vs Christmas tree

Christmas tree vs silver fir

silver fir and Christmas tree both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
silver fir	Yes	No	No	No
Christmas tree	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Christmas tree is a hyponym of silver fir; that is, Christmas tree is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than silver fir:

silver fir: any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath
Christmas tree: medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed

Other hyponyms of silver fir include Abies amabilis, amabilis fir, Pacific silver fir, red silver fir, white fir, Abies alba, European silver fir, Abies concolor, Abies lowiana, California white fir, Colorado fir, white fir, Abies balsamea, balm of Gilead, balsam fir, Canada balsam, Abies fraseri, Fraser fir, Abies grandis, giant fir, grand fir, lowland fir, lowland white fir, Abies lasiocarpa, Alpine fir, subalpine fir.

silver fir (noun)	Christmas tree (noun)
any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath	an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration
	medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
	tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
	a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
	Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration

Difference between silver fir and Christmas tree

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